Film review: ‘Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

I haven’t seen the first film in this series, 2018’s Into the Spiderverse but I was intrigued by the rapturous critical reception this animated Spiderman spin-off received.  Despite movie goers being pounded like a Hulk fist by CGI superhero extravaganzas, Spiderverse apparently offered something fresh and exciting.  For someone encountering this film world for the first time, the sequel, Spiderman:

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Film review: ‘MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

The fun, inventive, hyper-energetic but sometimes (for adults) headache-inducing world of our little animated buddies, the Minions, continues with Minions: The Rise of Gru. This one takes us back to the mid-70 s and criminal genius Gru’s nascent years as an aspiring super villain.  Here, the 11-year-old primary school student Gru (Steve Carrell) dreams of joining his heroes, a super

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